Bloomberg Law: LGBT Elders Fear Being Shoved in Closet in Nursing Care Hunt (June 28, 2022) As the generation of LGBTQ+ people forged by the “LGBTQ Elders Fear Being Shoved in Closet in Nursing Care Hunt”
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Free Webinar: Changes to the Rule Implementing the Health Care Rights Law and the Impact on Older Adults
This webinar took place on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 11 am-12 pm PT/2-3 pm ET. The Trump Administration has published a proposed rule to eliminate “Free Webinar: Changes to the Rule Implementing the Health Care Rights Law and the Impact on Older Adults”
How to End Homelessness – Ask the Experts
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New Regulation Prohibits Discrimination in Health Care: Key Highlights for Aging Advocates
Aging advocates working to promote health equity got some good news and extensive summer reading last week. After much anticipation, the U.S. Department of Health “New Regulation Prohibits Discrimination in Health Care: Key Highlights for Aging Advocates”
What You (And the WHCOA) Missed Last Week
If you were out of the office last week enjoying the Holidays and ringing in the New Year you may have missed two important news “What You (And the WHCOA) Missed Last Week”
Orange is the New Black Misses the Point on SSI
Here at Justice in Aging, our weekend Orange is the New Black binges sometimes become the subject of Monday morning water cooler conversations. The show “Orange is the New Black Misses the Point on SSI”
Same sex married couples on SSI have something to celebrate for Pride
We have some hopeful news regarding Justice in Aging’s lawsuit against the Social Security Administration (SSA) for SSA’s demand that lawfully married same sex couples receiving SSI pay back overpayments caused by SSA’s refusal to recognize their marriage in timely fashion.
Social Security Continues Discriminating Against Same Sex Married Couples By Making Them Pay Thousands of Dollars for Agency Mistake
Hugh Held and Orion Masters of Los Angeles, California have been together for more than 20 years. When marriage to a person of the same “Social Security Continues Discriminating Against Same Sex Married Couples By Making Them Pay Thousands of Dollars for Agency Mistake”
Social Security Sued for Discriminating Against SSI Recipients Married to a Same Sex Spouse and Demanding Refunds of Benefits Paid
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), Justice in Aging, and Foley Hoag, LLP today filed a class action lawsuit against the Social Security Administration “Social Security Sued for Discriminating Against SSI Recipients Married to a Same Sex Spouse and Demanding Refunds of Benefits Paid”
Older LGBT Patients Have Unique Set of Benefit Issues
California Healthline Older LGBT Patients Have Unique Set of Medicare, Medi-Cal Benefit Issues. (7/28/2014) NSCLC’s Georgia Burke noted in story about July 23 webinar that “Older LGBT Patients Have Unique Set of Benefit Issues”
